Strategy for Improving Core Nursing Competency-based Education

Park, Jeong-Mo; Kim, Chungsook; Kim, Jaehee; An, Jiyeon; Pyo, Eun-Young

doi:10.5977/jkasne.2015.21.3.426

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“…Three themes containing 10 competency domains were identified for new graduate nurses from both the global and Korean literature. nurses are required to perform core nursing skills and are expected to demonstrate the nursing skills at a proficient level, not just by holding theoretical knowledge of how to perform the skills (Miller, 1990 (Kim, 2013a;Park & Kim, 2014) while Korean educators' expectations are more elaborate and extended to having a knowledge of how to conduct research and how to utilise it in practice Park et al, 2015;Park et al, 2013).…”

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“…This review found current educational efforts to prepare nursing students for evidence-based practice, such as how to find and examine up-to-date information, and how to critically apply it to practice. However, it was also reported that this is still a challenge for newly graduated nurses due to their limited knowledge base and limited experience of recognising patient values and clinical judgement (Ferguson & Day, 2007;Park et al, 2015). It may indicate that a gap still exists between the expectation and the achievement of new graduates.…”

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“…Although the findings of this study show that new graduates are required to be able to integrate relevant knowledge and skills into their practice, more than half of the new nurses in this study felt inefficient and required support to integrate their knowledge and skills. Recent Korean studies on graduates' competency levels had similar findings, that integrating knowledge and skills into practice was perceived at a lower achieved competency level compared to other competencies by new graduates, such as communication or ethical practice (Han, 2016;Park et al, 2015). A useful framework to understand this finding is Benner (2004) "From Novice to Expert" theory, which holds that new graduates as advanced beginners begin to recognise features and relevant aspects of the situation but still have a lack of integration.…”

Section: Evidence-based Practice (Ebp) For New Graduate Nursesmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Regarding the competency levels of graduating students, no previous study has investigated with the same tool to assess competency levels of graduating students in Korea. However, some studies (Han, 2016;Park et al, 2015) reported that the area with the highest competency level for graduating students was nursing professionalism, including legal responsibilities and ethical nursing practice; communication and collaboration competency was found to have the second highest competency level. The areas with the lowest competency levels for the graduating students were core nursing skills , nursing research (Han, 2016;Park et al, 2013), policy change awareness, and integrating nursing knowledge and practice (Han, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A graduating student was defined as a nursing student who had passed a final clinical placement and who would take the national exam for registration Park et al, 2015). While the period after the national licensure examination might be the best time to assess the level of nursing competence at the point of registration, it would be difficult to recruit graduating students after the national exam.…”

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Identification and exploration of nursing competencies required for newly graduated nurses in Korea

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There are global concerns about a perceived disconnect between the educational preparation of nursing students as competent beginning practitioners and the expectations of employers about new graduates' work readiness. This is a significant issue as newly graduated nurses are responsible for delivering independent care in a competent manner. As Korean nursing education has focused on reducing the theory-practice gap and improving work readiness by implementing competency-based education, there is an increasing demand to investigate the nursing competencies new graduates require for their professional practice in the Korean context.The overall aim of this study was to explore nursing competencies required for newly graduated nurses in Korea. The specific research questions for the study were 1) Which nursing competencies are required by newly graduated nurses in Korea?, and 2) What level of nursing competency is expected of registered nurses at the point of registration? Content analysis assisted by the computer-assisted content analysis program, Leximancer, was conducted to explore how nursing competence was used in the global and Korean literature. The findings were that there was a lack of evidence to identify and evaluate nursing competencies for entry-level practice in the Korean literature and they mainly focused on either nurses' competencies in practice or nursing students' competencies in education separately.The study employed an exploratory sequential mixed method design, guided by Benner's 'From Novice to Expert' theory. This study consisted of three phases. In the first qualitative phase, an integrative literature review was conducted to identify which nursing competencies were required by new nursing graduates in Korea. In the second phase, a questionnaire was developed. Bondy's modified scale was chosen as a measurement scale. The survey was tested for content validity by a panel of experts and readability by bilingual (Korean and English) nurses. In the third phase, a cross-sectional survey was conducted to explore competency levels at the point of registration from different perspectives, including nurse educators, nurse managers, newly graduated nurses, and graduate students.Three themes, 10 competency domains and 61 competency items were identified as the required competencies for newly graduated nurses in Korea; new graduates were required to be competent to deliver evidence-informed practice with a patient-centred approach as a professional nurse. In the second phase, the final questionnaire with 53 competencies was developed. The third phase of the COMPETENCIES FOR NEWLY GRADUATED NURSES IN KOREA ii study revealed that both nurse experts and new nurses agreed that new graduates could provide safe and knowledgeable practice when respecting a patient's dignity, privacy and confidentiality, and both perceived that new graduates needed to be closely supported when providing emergency care.This study also revealed that nurse educators' expectations about new graduates' competencies were higher tha...

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Defining Foundational Competence for Prelicensure and Graduate Nursing Students: A Concept Analysis and Conceptual Model

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2022

Nurse Education in Practice

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A Demand Survey on the Priority of Agricultural College Students’ Core Competencies Required by Agriculturel Companies: A case study on G University

Park

Shin

2021

J. People Plants Environ

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Background and objective: As the agricultural industry becomes a more convergent industry, it is believed that the demand for human resources by companies will change. Therefore, a survey was conducted to investigate the human resources required by agriculture companies. Methods: In the survey on 77 agriculture companies, 98.7% of respondents answered that new employees with a college degree needed additional training to adapt to practical affairs. Results: The first priority of education was “community spirit” (22.1%) and the second priority was “convergence capability” (15.6%). The most important educational goal desired by agricultural companies was “cultivating human resources with community spirit and ethical judgment”, followed by “cultivating human resources with serious communication and problem-solving skills”, and “cultivating human resources with scientific thinking and unique creative imagination.” Sub-competencies that companies want agricultural colleges to strengthen were “community spirit” 4.32(SD=0.96), “desirable values” 4.30 (SD = 1.05), “sympathy” 4.28 (SD = 0.95), “convergence capability” 4.16 (SD = 0.88), “creativity” 4.11 (SD = 0.83), “civic spirit” 4.10 (SD = 0.91), and “rational/critical thinking” 3.94 (SD = 1.04). There was a significant difference in sub-competencies that require reinforcement depending on the number of full-time employees. “Creativity” was most necessary in companies with less than 3 employees (4.39), and 4~7 employees (4.33), and “aesthetics”” in companies with less than 3 employees (3.94), and 4-7 employees (3.61) “Civic spirit” was most necessary in companies with 31 employees or more (4.33). Conclusion: The most important educational goal desired by companies was “cultivating human resources with community spirit and ethical judgment”.

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Strategy for Improving Core Nursing Competency-based Education

Cited by 7 publications

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Identification and exploration of nursing competencies required for newly graduated nurses in Korea

Identification and exploration of nursing competencies required for newly graduated nurses in Korea

Defining Foundational Competence for Prelicensure and Graduate Nursing Students: A Concept Analysis and Conceptual Model

A Demand Survey on the Priority of Agricultural College Students’ Core Competencies Required by Agriculturel Companies: A case study on G University

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Identification and exploration of nursing competencies required for newly graduated nurses in Korea​​​​​​​

Defining Foundational Competence for Prelicensure and Graduate Nursing Students: A Concept Analysis and Conceptual Model

A Demand Survey on the Priority of Agricultural College Students’ Core Competencies Required by Agriculturel Companies: A case study on G University

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Identification and exploration of nursing competencies required for newly graduated nurses in Korea

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